Silver Heart (Present Day, The Realm of Knowledge)
To my relief, I hadn't ended up in an unknown beast's stomach, but I didn't have a pleasant arrival at this new location. I fell hard, face first, onto a wooden floor.
Forcing myself to my feet, I rubbed my face where I had impacted against the floor, checking for anything bruised or broken.
Just soreness, good. Now, where have I ended up?
Looking around, I found myself in a reception desk area surrounded by endless bookshelves that extended far into the darkness in every direction and had to be at least three stories tall. Various creatures flitted around the shelves, watched by slithering white and black starry dragons as well as winged semi-translucent glowing nymphs and Chakoras.
They look so similar to my mother and that…Other Me?